Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.